§ 14. Mr. Pagetasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science why, in view of the fact that there is no Roman Catholic infants school on the west side of Northampton and that no Roman Catholic school has been built in Northampton for 80 years, he has not included Kings Heath Roman Catholic Infants School in the 1968–69 programme.
§ Mrs. Shirley WilliamsBecause there was no need for additional primary school places in this part of Northampton. My right hon. Friend did include a Roman Catholic Infants School in the 1967–68 programme.
§ Mr. PagetIs my hon. Friend aware that, if there is to be sectarian education at all, to have one school on the east side of Northampton and none on the west side, so that Catholic children must cross the main arteries, is very dangerous and should be dealt with?
§ Mrs. WilliamsMy hon. and learned Friend will appreciate that it is not possible to do everything at once. The school which was programmed last year is the first Roman Catholic school to be programmed for Northampton for 80 years—as my hon. and learned Friend said in his Question.